Rose+Glickfield


 * SUMMARY: Rose Glickfield, age 39, died on April 4, 1937 after an abortion perpetrated by Dr. Charles I. Gordon in Brooklyn.**

On March 30, 1939, Dr. Charles I. Gordon, evidently of previously good repute, was found guilty of manslaughter in the first degree for the abortion death of 39-year-old Rose Glickfield.

Gordon had perpetrated the abortion at his office on April 2, 1937. She evidently remained at his office, because she died in transit from his office to a hospital by ambulance on April 4.

His first trial for her death had ended in December of 1938 with a hung jury.

Gordon was sentenced to serve 10 to 20 years in Sing-Sing, but won a new trial in January of 1940. He was again convicted and sentenced to 6 to 15 years in Sing-Sing, but won another new trial in December of 1940.

I believe that Rose Glickfield is the identity of the woman I had been calling "@Jane Roe of Newark."

Sources:
 * "Doctor Has Toothache, His Trial Is Postponed," //Brooklyn Daily Eagle//, Mar. 28, 1939
 * "Physician Guilty In Woman's Death," //Brooklyn Daily Eagle//, Mar. 31, 1939
 * "Set Aside Manslaughter Verdict Against Doctor," //Brooklyn Daily Eagle//, Jan. 23, 1940
 * "Convicted Abortionist Freed Pending Appeal," //Brooklyn Daily Eagle//, Dec. 24, 1940